[WikiEN-l] School Districts and notability

[Michael Snow]

Thomas Dalton wrote:
> I'm not convinced there is enough to say about a school district to
> warrant an article. You can list the schools and that's about it.
Wow, that's a breathtakingly shortsighted statement. Just because that's 
all anybody seems to have done in most cases doesn't mean nothing more 
can be said. Especially for urban and large suburban school districts in 
the United States, district-wide leadership and policies are important 
political issues and can draw a lot of attention. For example, a search 
for a new superintendent will usually attract quite a bit of local media 
coverage.

The problem is that most editing gets focused on individual schools, 
typically by students or alumni. If parents and activists were taking 
more of an interest, you would be able to see the results at the school 
district level.

--Michael Snow